The Save Wadi Foquin Campaign has succeeded in scheduling a D.C. briefing on the human rights violations taking place there! Now we need to ensure that our Senators and Representatives attend! Please call them today! ( message and contact info below) THANK YOU!!!
ACTION ALERT
Thanks to those who have supported us in the past several months, the Friends of Wadi Foquin have succeeded in scheduling a Capitol Hill Briefing in Washington D.C. Tuesday, November 19, 2013.
Your help is needed again to ensure that members of Congress, the Senate, and their staff attend this critical briefing!
The Wadi Foquin Briefing: A Microcosm of the Urgency for Israeli-Palestinian Peace”—will be sponsored by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, along with organizational co-sponsors: United Methodist Church (General Board of Church and Society), Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP); Arab American Institute (AAI), and Palestinian Christian Alliance for Peace (PCAP).
Representatives from the Palestinian village of Wadi Foquin and the neighboring Israeli town of Tsur Hadassa will provide joint testimony on the human rights conditions in the village. Their testimony will speak to the urgency for a peaceful resolution and why their current conditions are unsustainable. This Bethlehem district village, like too many others in the West Bank, is under threat of extinction. Additional voices from the village and Bethlehem District will join the panel. It is important that their voices be heard by U.S. policy makers. Contact your Senator(s) and Representative today and urge them to attend this critical briefing!
• To call by phone contact the Congressional Switchboard at (202) 224-3121
• To email contact the website: www.house.gov and www.senate.gov
The Friends of Wadi Foquin is a partnership with the village of Wadi Foquin initiated by United Methodist congregations and supported by the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM).
For more information go to: www.friendsofwadifoquin.com
Contacts: Kira Azzam krabut.az@gmail.com Rev. Michael Yoshii michaelyoshii1@gmail.com
Dear Friends,
I was happy to call my congressional reps staffers to attend the congressional briefing on 11/19..and several did attend…What is your next step?
thank you,,
in solidarity,
Peggy